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China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s

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It will also include a small spacecraft capable of "hopping" to explore shadowed craters for evidence of potential water ice, a resource that, if present, could be used in the future for both propulsion and supplies for astronauts. Chang'e-7 will target a lunar south pole landing and consist of an orbiter, relay satellite, lander, and rover.

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SpaceX-launched Uranus mission a top priority of new decadal survey

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The primary science mission would begin by deploying a small atmospheric probe to directly analyze the composition and behavior of the planet’s exotic atmosphere, which is believed to be volatile, prone to vast and violent storms, and host to some of the most extreme winds in the solar system.

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Skylab: The Space Station That Fell on Australia

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Fifty years ago, on 14 May 1973, a modified Saturn V rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center carrying Skylab, the United States’ first space station. The damaged solar panels could not generate enough electricity to power the space station. Skylab’s sun shield, shown here dangling by a thin strap, was damaged during launch.

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Pontiac Fiero : rechargedwith solar array. Saturn :Ken Norwicks online conversion diary Saturn: conversiondiary Solectria E-10 : Tom Husons new project SolectriaForce : Tom Hudson doesnt let cold weather stop him. PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. Porsche911T : D.

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No Antenna Could Survive Europa’s Brutal, Radioactive Environment—Until Now

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Europa, one of Jupiter's Galilean moons, has twice as much liquid water as Earth's oceans, if not more. The only direct evidence for this ocean is the plumes of water that occasionally erupt through cracks in the ice, jetting as high as 200 km above the surface. Each golden square is a unit cell in the antenna. JPL-Caltech/NASA.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. So my Saturn SC1 does the job great I am getting 35-38 miles on the Hwy and with over 232,000 miles and runs like a champ. The first VCRs were well over a $1000.00

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